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Virtual and welded periods of classical knots

Geometric Topology 2021-03-16 v2

Abstract

We show that any virtual or welded period of a classical knot KK can be realized as a classical period. A direct consequence is that a classical knot admits only finitely many virtual or welded periods.

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@article{arxiv.1711.04051,
  title  = {Virtual and welded periods of classical knots},
  author = {Hans U. Boden and Andrew J. Nicas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04051},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Fixed typos and added new figure